| PART 1: Library Website | 1.) Homepage (EVERYONE MUST HAVE THIS) | 2.) PRESENTATION PAGE | 3.) AUTHOR VISIT PAGE | 4.) INFORMATION PORTAL PAGE | Part 2: Final Reflection | Part 3: Self Assessment | | HOW WILL I BE GRADED IN THIS CLASS??? |

From blogs and google docs to wikis and glogsters, we have spent the past five days exploring the dynamic technology, tools, resources, and learning spaces available to educators and students through Web 2.0. We have only scratched the surface of the possibilities and potential for using social, collaborative, and interactive technologies across the school curriculum. From online book clubs and virtual literature circles to local history wikis and personal, information inquiry blogs, there are dozens of practical ideas to enrich your future school library media program.

This is your chance to put it all together.

LIS 629 Final Project-due no later than AUGUST 3rd.*

There are 3 parts to the final assignment.

PART 1: Library Website

Your main final assignment will be to create a SCHOOL LIBRARY WEBSITE using either: Google Sites, Wikispaces. Your site should include:

Home Page
Mock links to the pages you would have in your site in the navigation bar. They do not have to actually link to a real page except for the following ~
- One page called Presentations OR One page called Author Visits
- One page called Pathfinders
Play with the "look and feel" and make your library site and make it look eye-catching and appealing.
WHEN YOUR PROJECT IS FINISHED, EMAIL ME THE LINK TO YOUR SITE and ADD IT TO THE CLASS URL PAGE IN THIS WIKI. ALL FINAL PROJECT LINKS MUST BE EMAILED TO ME BY AUGUST 3rd. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH DAY YOU ARE LATE.

1.) Homepage (EVERYONE MUST HAVE THIS)

Your homepage is a mock-up of your "school library" website.
Decide what kind of school you work at - elementary, middle, high school. Then gear your page to that audience. READ THIS BLOGPOST FIRST and READ THIS BLOGPOST BY JOYCE VALENZA.
Your library homepage should give viewers a "picture" of what your library is all about. You may choose to use glogster or wix or some other web 2.0 tool to design your homepage. As you look through some samples of library websites (below), you will notice that some librarians create websites using a blogging service; some use wikispaces; some use google sites; some use their school web provider; some glogster, some wix. However, for this assignment, use either Google Sites or Wikispaces - you may, however, embed a Wix or a Glogster on your homepage.
Make your page welcoming. Links to pages in your prototype do not have to actually link (other than the ones listed above). But they should reflect the pages you would have for students, teachers, and parents.
Feel free to embed any of the technology products you have made during our course that would make sense being on your homepage.
Feel free to use image generators (such as wordle) or an avatar (such as voki) on your homepage. That being said, be careful not to clutter up your homepage too much! FEEL FREE TO INCORPORATE ANY WEB2.0 TOOL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO FROM MY ADDITIONAL Web 2.0 Resource Site
Give your library a name; make sure there is "contact" information. Either through text or through the "look" of your site, I should be able to understand what the mission of your library is. In other words, you can write up a formal "mission statement" OR just convey it through the look of your homepage. To get some ideas, take a look at:

DO EITHER #2 OR #3

2.) PRESENTATION PAGE

SCENARIO: THE SCHOOL YOU WORK AT PRESENTLY BLOCKS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS. AT THE NEXT FACULTY MEETING, YOU HAVE ASKED YOUR PRINCIPAL IF YOU CAN DO A PRESENTATION THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE USE OF ONE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL (CHOOSE FROM - 1.) STUDENT BLOGS OR 2.) A YOUTUBE LIBRARY CHANNEL).

You may use any presentation tool we covered in class.
You must be able to embed the final product in your presentation page.
If you choose to do a PowerPoint realize you must upload it to google presentation and then insert it into your webpage.
Any type of video file (such as photostory) can be uploaded to YouTube and then can be embedded into your site.
If you choose blogging - which blogging service CHOOSE FROM EITHER-

Kidblog - Blogs for Teachers and Students (GOOD FOR ELEMENTARY) or

//Edublogs// – education blogs for teachers, students and institutions (GOOD FOR ANY LEVEL)

How would you protect students' privacy? Does the service allow you to screen student posts before they are published? Do you need an acceptable use policy? Do you need parent permission?
If you choose YouTube - How would you protect students' privacy? Why does the library want this channel on youtube? What kinds of videos would be posted there (think: videos that students would create, NOT videos already on YouTube).
Justify the EDUCATIONAL use of it and allay your principal's concerns.
Look at these - they will help you -:

Using blogs to promote reading from klknight

and this: CURRICULUM: UNDERSTANDING YOUTUBE AND DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

Whichever you choose, include a paragraph on the presentation page in your site. In this paragraph, tell me what social media tool you are presenting for this hypothetical faculty meeting. What challenges might you up against? You'll be graded on how well you can communicate your thoughts, the number and breadth of obstacles you can think of, and how you connected your presentation to overcoming those challenges.
Here are some challenges that might come up in this scenario:

What age are the children/grade level?
What are the technology skills of the students and the teachers? How do you plan to work around these considerations?
What kind of policy challenges will you face? How will you get around these?

3.) AUTHOR VISIT PAGE

Create a Glogster or Wix for an ‘author visit’. Your author visit glogster should include links, images, and even videos or audio files either from the author (look on YouTube) or in the form of an already made book trailer. Create and embed and in your library site.

Some authors who have great websites are: (You can use one of these or ANY children/young adult author) Take a look at:
- http://www.authorsillustrators.com/index.htm
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/inviteanauthor.htm
Denise Fleming
Mo Willems'
Jan Brett
Dan Gutman
Eric Carle
Robert Munsch
Patrick Carman

You should include in your author visit glogster/wix:

Please visit these links to learn more about hosting an author visit:
- http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA287118.html
  http://childrensauthorsally.com/schedule-a-visit/key-steps/
  http://www.dangutman.com/pages/planvisits.html
  - http://skypeanauthor.wetpaint.com/ (THIS IS A LIST OF AUTHORS THAT ARE WILLING TO SKYPE FOR AN AUTHOR VISIT - PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE CHOICE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT!!)
  - http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/02/k-12/author-visits-a-remote-possibility-using-skype-to-connect-is-fun-and-affordable/
  - http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HowToVirtualVisit_Brochure_WEB1.pdf
  http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2012/04/30/the-visit-from-the-authors-lens/
Info about the author (this can be a link with a little text describing what the link is to);
a photo of the author; an image of some book covers; a link or text to books the author has written/illustrated; when the author is 'visiting'; anything else you want --->IDEA: do a search on GLOGSTER for author visits/author studies to get some ideas. Be creative!
a link to the CURRICULUM you will do with students in order to prepare for the author visit (if you cannot find any lesson plans online, then under your glogster/wix write a paragraph describing what you would do curriculum-wise to prepare your students for the visit - you do not have to write up lesson plans, just give a summary of what you would do;
embed or link to any book trailer/book reading videos/audio tracks/author interviews
Under your glogster/wix, write about how you would ADVERTISE the upcoming author visit using TECHNOLOGY (THINK SOCIAL NETWORKING/WEB 2.0 TOOLS LIKE ANIMOTO/ETC.) - ALSO, TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.. (HINT--> WHAT COULD YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF YOUR STUDENTS DO ON THE DAY OF THE VISIT THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY???)
KEEP IN MIND THAT USUALLY YOUR SCHOOL'S PTA PAYS FOR THE AUTHOR VISIT--->HOW DO YOU BUILD EXCITEMENT FOR THE PARENTS USING TECHNOLOGY??
WHAT TECH TOOLS COULD YOU USE TO PROMOTE THE SALE OF THE AUTHOR'S BOOKS? (Here, keep in mind that the usual way of doing book orders is to do a pre-sale of books, before the author comes.) WHAT TECH TOOLS COULD YOU USE TO WORK WITH THE PTA PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE AUTHOR VISIT FOR PLANNING AND ORGANIZING THE BIG DAY????

EVERYONE MUST DO THIS

4.) INFORMATION PORTAL PAGE

Create an Information Portal age-appropriate resources on a grade level curriculum-related topic. Be sure to DIFFERENTIATE THE RESOURCES. Specify the grade level for this information portal (of course it should be a grade level for the school you are making your site for). You may use Livebinders, BAG THE WEB, or any of the CONTENT CURATION tools we learned about in class. A minimum of 8 resources.

EVERYONE MUST DO THIS

Part 2: Final Reflection

EVERYONE MUST: Write a final reflection post in your blog. Address the following:

The value of this course in preparing you to be a 21st century librarian.
How do you foresee integrating these tools into your TEACHING?
Compare how you felt before the course started (and how you responded to our pre-course assignment) to how you feel now that you have completed the course and assignments.
Discuss which of the social networking tools you learned about you will continue to use or not use and why or why not.

EVERYONE MUST DO THIS

Part 3: Self Assessment

Create a Google Doc and SHARE IT WITH ME. Please write a self-assessment, telling me what grade YOU think you deserve and why.

HOW WILL I BE GRADED IN THIS CLASS???

Your final project counts for 25% of your grade, so be sure to do all assignments and get it on time.
Attendance counts; if you missed a day or were late for class by more than 15 minutes, points will be deducted from your final grade.
Completion of your eFolio, with all class work embedded or linked
All blogging assignments done and showing deep thought
Class participation; willingness to help others
Evidence of growth over 5 days of course
Completion of Google Doc with self-assessment

*Please feel free to refer to our course book for help on assignments; you may also propose using a different tool for some of these assignments by emailing me. If you did not do the pre-course assignment, make sure that you do before AUGUST 3RD.

Always feel free to email me at any time if you have questions or you are running into difficulties!!!!

Final Project